Former head of Ukrainian President's Office has not contacted any recruitment office to join army, defence ministry says

Ukraine's Ministry of Defence has told MP Yaroslav Zhelezniak that Andrii Yermak, former head of the President's Office, has not applied to any Territorial Recruiting and Social Support Centre to sign up for military service.

Source: MP Zhelezniak on social media, posting the Ministry of Defence response to the MP's formal request dated 8 January

Quote from the Ministry of Defence: "As of the time the MP's request was reviewed, Ukrainian citizen Andrii Borysovych Yermak had not contacted any Territorial Recruiting and Social Support Centre regarding a desire to serve in the military during mobilisation in the special period or under a contract."

Background: On 29 November 2025, Yermak announced that he was going to the line of contact after resigning from his post as head of the Office of the President of Ukraine amid a corruption scandal and a National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) search at his residence.

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